It's August. It's fall sports practice time. It's water breaks. A member of the Bluffton Junior High football team gulps some water during a practice pit stop. Click to watch.
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Anyone who has even a passing interest in financial news and the investment world knows that we are in a period of unusual events and uncertainty. Although some recent developments are unprecedented, and the headlines can be alarming, history counsels against overreacting. It's important to approach the tumult in the financial markets with an eye toward the practical and not the emotional.
A rural Bluffton man was recently convicted of Domestic Violence in Allen County Common Pleas Court, Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, told The Icon today.
Christopher D. Balmer was originally arrested by Bluffton police officer on April 27, 2011, after police responded to a Bentley Road address for a reported domestic violence complaint. Officers discovered Balmer still at the residence and took him into custody at that time.
A 2009 criminal investigation was brought to a close earlier this month with the conviction of a former Allen County resident for passing bad checks, Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, told The Icon today.
Bluffton police officials teamed up with American Township police officers to investigate complaints in both Bluffton and the Lima area involving the same suspect. Local victims in the case included Community Market and the Bluffton University.
Icon advertiser The Inn at Ohio Northern University will host a Food and Wine charitable event for the Ada Public Library Thursday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m.
It will take place in the garden courtyard (weather permitting). The evening's menu will feature "Farm-to-Table" selections paired with fine wines.
Part of the event proceeds will be donated to the library's Headstart program. This program allows children to receive important education through a number of board books, story times, games and more.
1 Day Service Day Returns To Lima,
More Than 500 Volunteers To Come To The Area
On Saturday, Sept. 24, several hundred volunteers from churches and communities throughout the region will come to Lima to revitalize a neighborhood in just eight hours.
The area being impacted is the neighborhood surrounding Liberty Arts Magnet School on Kibby Street. Volunteers will participate in up to 80 projects including painting, trimming, mulching, planting, cleaning city blocks and parking lots, doing home repairs and more.
